Hamish Bowles wrote in Vogue on June 21, 2019 on the Balenciaga exhibit at the Thyssen Museum in Madrid that for Coco Chanel, “Balenciaga alone is a couturier in the truest sense of the word … the others are simply fashion designers.” Elsa Schiaparelli would pay him the ultimate compliment when she said that, “Balenciaga was the only couturier to dare to do what he loved.” The exhibit runs through September 2019.